Eloquent, which is Laravel’s ORM, has some really nice features. One of which is the [Eager Loading][eager]functionality that allows you to request all of the related records in one hit, to avoid having to makemultiple…

If you use an automated testing platform (such as Jenkins) you may have come across the problem where you need to manually create a new database (and sometimes user) every time you configure a different…

There is an interesting it-makes-sense-when-you-think-about-it issue with Encrypted Home directories and SSH key authentication I’ve recently discovered in Ubuntu (it will affect any distro though). Since Encrypted home directories aren’t decrypted until the login is…

When I was setting up a new Zend Framework application today I encountered an interesting message: [email protected]:~/workspace/application$ zf create project ./ applicationCreating project at /home/valorin/workspace/applicationNote: This command created a web project, for more information setting…

A very simple representation of the procedure programmers follow when developing systems looks like this: The client (sometimes the programmer themselves) comes to the programmer with a problem which needs to be solved. The programmer…

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About Stephen

Hi, I’m Stephen Rees-Carter, a senior developer, security analyst, and speaker from Brisbane, Australia. I spend most of my time working at Defiant (we make Wordfence), and the rest of it either on WithExtraVeg with my wife Gen, or some other small projects.